817.00/4736: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Nicaragua (Eberhardt)
80. For Stimson: Your telegram number 116, dated April 29, noon. Public opinion in this country has high hopes of the success of your mission. Failure to reach some sort of a settlement at this time would be generally deplored. That section of the press which up to the present time has opposed our Nicaraguan policy is supporting your efforts and appears to be ready to endorse any reasonable settlement you can make. In these circumstances it seems to be extremely important that early discouragements should not be allowed to result in breaking up the conference. You should use every possible means to keep up the negotiations until every expedient is exhausted. The President is anxious for you to remain as long as any hope exists for an adjustment. In our judgment even the elimination of Diaz as a last resort and the selection of another person as Constitutional President, pending the holding of an election, should not be excluded as a possibility. The President wants you to know that you have the widest discretion in handling the entire situation.